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Amber Hinds

CEO at Equalize Digital

@alh0319 Georgetown, TX joined Jan 2011

equalizedigital.com github.com/amberhinds Slack: @AmberHinds

    Bio

    Amber Hinds is the CEO of Equalize Digital, a website accessibility company and maker of the Accessibility Checker plugin. Equalize Digital strives to create a world where all people have equal access to information and tools on the internet, regardless of ability. Since 2010, Amber has led design and development projects for nonprofits, K-12/higher education institutions, government agencies, and businesses of all sizes. User experience has always been a primary focus of Amber’s work. After having the opportunity to experience first-hand the importance of accessible websites through a blind acquaintance, she founded Equalize Digital.

    Amber is a corporate member of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals, frequently speaks on accessibility-related topics, and has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and CNBC, among other media outlets. Amber leads the WordPress Accessibility Meetup and WordPress Accessibility Day conference.

    Interests

    accessibility, marketing, SEO, blogging

    WordPress Origin Story

    Mommy blogging, how else?

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '24 Meta Contributor '24 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '22 WordCamp Speaker '17
    PRACTICE
    3 badges
    Accessibility Contributor '22 Accessibility Team '24 Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    CEO
    Present
    Equalize Digital

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

    Last 30 days
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    Last 90 days
    13contributions
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    Last 12 months
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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 6 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.6
    • 6.5

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 01 Tue · 18:44
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Call for testing: WordPress community groups on events.WordPress.org, on the site Make WordPress.org:
    My team will have time to test and report back on this next week.
    Sep 01 Tue · 04:44
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to It simply works!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for trying it and writing a review! Pagination by year is an interesting idea.…
    Sep 01 Tue · 02:23
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Importing meetings agendas / minutes, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I also updated our post type documentation for the meta field name and saved format,…
    Sep 01 Tue · 01:42
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Importing meetings agendas / minutes, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @sc0ttkclark, I will add a doc for this, but you can definitely import meetings.…
    August 2026
    Aug 21 Fri · 14:32
    Core med
    Created issue #81936 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Accessibility: Visual highlight for empty links in the editor
    Aug 20 Thu · 19:36
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Accessibility-ready Theme Reviews: Extending the Deadline, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
    Also, @helen, if you are going to continue refining your experiment, use the content we…
    Aug 20 Thu · 19:30
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Accessibility-ready Theme Reviews: Extending the Deadline, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
    I would 100% support adding accessibility linting to both themes and plugins and making those…
    Aug 06 Thu · 14:19
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Clarity on WCAG 3.2.2 Flag / Potential False Negative, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @candymac, I am following up on your question about us flagging links opening in…
    Aug 03 Mon · 15:01
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Accessibility-ready Theme Reviews: Extending the Deadline, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
    Hi @matt, I'm confused. Can you please clarify? The accessibility-ready requirements and the ability for…
    July 2026
    Jul 17 Fri · 17:22
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Meetup.com -> GatherPress, on the site WordPress.org Project:
    I installed the GatherPress plugin on a test site and looked at it for a…